[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3536-3537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01164]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0754; FRL-9921-93-Region 6]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas and 
Oklahoma; Regional Haze State Implementation Plans; Interstate 
Transport State Implementation Plan To Address Pollution Affecting 
Visibility and Regional Haze; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional 
Haze and Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In the December 16, 2014 Federal Register the Environmental

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Protection Agency (EPA) requested comments by February 17, 2015 on a 
proposed rule pertaining to the Regional Haze and interstate visibility 
transport requirements for Texas and the Regional Haze requirements for 
Oklahoma. We also proposed a Federal Implementation Plan to correct 
deficiencies identified in the plans. EPA is extending the public 
comment period for this proposal until April 20, 2015.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2014-0754, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, 
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
     Hand or Courier Delivery: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air 
Planning Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are 
accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, and not 
on legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries 
of boxed information.
     Fax: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), at fax number 214-665-7263.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2014-
0754. Our policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means we will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to us without going through www.regulations.gov your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, we recommend that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If we cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, we may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the 
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly 
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), 
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Kordzi, 214-665-7186, 
[email protected]. To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule 
an appointment with Mr. Kordzi or Mr. Bill Deese at 214-665-7253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On December 16, 2014, we 
published in the Federal Register a proposed rule pertaining to 
regional haze and interstate transport of pollution affecting 
visibility (79 FR 74818). Specifically, we proposed to (1) partially 
approve and partially disapprove revisions to the Texas SIP pertaining 
to regional haze and disapprove revisions regarding visibility 
protection, (2) disapprove a revision to the Oklahoma SIP pertaining to 
regional haze, and (3) establish a FIP to remedy these deficiencies. 
The proposed FIP would implement SO2 emission limits on 
fifteen Texas air pollution sources. In the proposal we requested 
comments by February 17, 2015.
    We received several requests for an extension of the comment period 
and, in response, have decided to allow an additional 60 days. We are 
extending the comment period to April 20, 2015.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 
dioxides, Visibility, Interstate transport of pollution, Regional haze, 
Best available control technology.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: January 14, 2015.
Wren Stenger,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
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